Total Crime Rate
243.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Furnham Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Chard North , and the 140th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Furnham Road (TA20 1AP) in the last 12 months was 243.1 per 1,000 residents and was 147.6% higher than the Chard North average (98.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Furnham Road (TA20 1AP), the main crime hotspot is near Coker Way. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chard North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Webster Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernest Ashman Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dellshore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dellshore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furzehill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furzehill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furzehill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Furzehill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernest Ashman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ernest Ashman Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernest Ashman Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Station Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brunel Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Station Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coker Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coker Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coker Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wyatt Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coker Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coker Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coker Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coker Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Webster Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A358 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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